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The Scarlet Boy | 
 enlarge | Authors: Tom Wakefield, Patrick Gale
Publisher: Serpent's Tail
Category: Book
Buy Used: £10.94
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Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 761880
Media: Paperback
Pages: 208
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 8 x 5 x 0.8
ISBN: 1852425822
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9781852425821
ASIN: 1852425822
Publication Date: June 1, 1998
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Amazon.co.uk Review
After Tom Wakefield's sudden death in 1995, the unfinished manuscript of this final novel was found in his desk by close friend Patrick Gale. Like most first drafts it was probably unpublishable. But to leave it unpublished, contended Gale, would have been "an act of cruelty" to both Wakefield and to his readers. So in a "monstrous breach of writerly etiquette", Gale set about completing it. The Scarlet Boy is the fictional sequel to Wakefield's 1980 boyhood memoir, Forties' Child. The novel opens where the autobiography left off with the young protagonist, Edward, gamely attempting to confound the narrow expectations placed on him by a typical post-war Midlands mining community. All the usual Wakefield hallmarks are here; the strong sense of place, obvious affection for his characters and, of course, the gay sexual initiations and wider mission to undermine sexual convention. As Edward pursues his escapist visions via an obsession with a screen goddess, so the divergence between his extravagant dreams and the harsh scepticism of his immediate environment are deliciously pointed up. The Scarlet Boy may be the work of two hands, but to read it is to hear a single clear voice. Patrick Gale has done his old friend's memory proud. --Nick Wroe
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A book not to put down May 19, 2004
Kezziecats (St. Andrews, Scotland)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Having never read a book by Tom Wakefield before I was not sure what to expect when I opened this book, but on starting it I foung it impossible to stop reading. It makes complete sense without reading 'Forties Child' (The Scarlet Boy is the sequel to this book) and is a joy to read. This isn't to say that it would suit all readers, those out there that shy away from reading what can be considered sexually explicit are best not reading the book, but there are only really two such sections. To my mind this is a book that anyone can enjoy especially on that long train journey back to uni (which is where I read it), so buy it and then enjoy where you are taken by these great writers.
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